Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
The application of commonality in a system represents an attempt to reduce costs by reducing the number of unique components. Research in this area has primarily addressed a significant benefit of commonality, the reduction of parts inventories in assemble-to-order manufacturing systems. Likewise, in an operational system subject to component failures, spares inventories are reduced through the increased commonality of components. However, commonality tends to degrade system performance parameters, a degradation that can preclude commonality in resource-constrained systems such as spacecraft. The functional impacts of component commonality on a system is addressed in a manner that allows inclusion in a commonality analysis.
Keywords:
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
Type:
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (ISSN 0018-9472); 22; 3; p. 548-551.
Format:
text
